Spelling of Ummite words across languages
The authors of the UMMO texts do not spell their own words in the same way in every language. They write them so that a reader pronounces them correctly according to the phonetics of the language in which each message is written. The planet that the Spanish letters call UMMO (pronounced "Oomo") appears as OUMMO in French texts and as OOMO in English ones.
The table below gathers the most recognisable cases, with an example of where each English spelling appears.
| Spanish texts | English texts | French texts | English example |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMMO | OOMO | OUMMO | O6-82 (@oaxiiboo6, 3 Nov 2014) |
| IUMMA | YOOMA | IOUMMA | O6-82 (@oaxiiboo6, 3 Nov 2014) |
| UMMOWOA | OOMOWOA | OUMMOWOA | O6-87 (@oaxiiboo6, 11 Nov 2014) |
| BUAWA | BOOAWA | BOUAWA | O6-10 (@oaxiiboo6, 6 Dec 2013) |
| BUAWE BIAEII / BUAUEE BIAEII | BOOAEII BIAEII | BOUAEII BIAEII | @oyagaaayuyisaa |
| OEMBUAW | OEMBOOAW | OEMBOUAW | @oyagaaayuyisaa |
| UEWA | OOEWA / OOEWAA | OUEWA | @oyagaaayuyisaa (24 May 2025) |
| IBOZOO UU | EEBOZZO-OO | — | O6-138 (@oaxiiboo6) |
| YU 1 | YOO 1 | — | letter D28 (scan) |
Other words, such as OEMMII, WAAM or OYAGAA, appear with the same spelling in all languages.
Our criterion
The original texts always keep the spelling their authors chose: a letter written in French says OUMMO, and a tweet written in English says OOMO. In our own texts and in our translations, however, we use the traditional Spanish spellings (UMMO, IUMMA, BUAWA…), because that is how the affair is known internationally and how researchers refer to it in every language.